Our mission and goals

Our mission

Our aim is to develop global competence in ourselves and to continue to promote global competence for others. According to EdSteps, "global competence is the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to understand and act creatively and innovatively on issues of global significance."

The components of the global competence matrix include:

• Investigate the world
• Recognize perspectives
• Communicate ideas
• Take action

Opportunities

Members of the club will have opportunities to learn and experience different cultures through guest speakers and cultural activities in order to better understand the world in which we live and our role as global citizens. Members will serve as "cultural ambassadors" to the school and our local community. Each year we will organize and participate in at least one service-learning project to aid local groups or international groups.

Guest speakers may include:

1. Foreign exchange students
2. Visiting teachers and students from partner schools abroad
3. Peace Corps volunteers
4. Community members
5. College students
6. Business people
7. Others that have lived, worked or volunteered abroad
8. Students and staff who would like to share their heritage
9. ?

Cultural activities may include:

1. Cooking different ethnic foods and learning about their role in the culture
2. Exchanging culture boxes with students in other countries in order to have an in-depth study of culture and perspectives
3. Language lessons
4. Foreign films
5. Dance lessons
6. Communication and collaboration with students locally and abroad via Skype and other forms of technology in order to complete service-learning projects
7. Visits to cultural centers
8. Interviews
9. ?

Possible projects:

1. KIVA
2. iEARN projects
3. WorldWise Schools
4. ePals
5. QuadBlogging
6. Partner school service-learning
7. Internationalizing the curriculum
8. Culture Days
9. Murals, Posters, "Public Service Announcements" / Videos
10. Volunteer work
11. International opportunities
12. And more!